Edthena

OCTOBER 29, 2021

This edition of noted content for educators includes how to lead more effective teacher PD, address teacher stress, and create a classroom culture of learning. Building a culture of mutual trust between teachers and administrators can improve relationships and even happiness. Read more at Edutopia: Creating a Culture of Learning.

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Professional Development Social Justice Cultures Classroom Management 98

ED Surge

APRIL 29, 2022

Through our Voices of Change project, EdSurge has been conversing with educators and school leaders to understand how schools are adapting to meet the needs of their learning communities as they face the 2021-22 school year. Reducing Systemic Barriers to Getting Mental Healthcare Receiving mental healthcare in this country is no easy feat.

Cultures 120

Cultures Education Elementary School High School 120

ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

I say a few affirmative words aloud to center myself, then I reach into a drawer and pull out a small bottle of lavender aromatherapy that my leadership team gave me as a “wellness gift.” By the end of the 2020-2021 school year we resumed in-person learning with full days. For a moment, like Calgon, I’m taken away. The problem?

Leadership 112

Leadership Professional Development Cultures Middle School 112

ED Surge

JULY 18, 2024

In Ohio, for example, state lawmakers passed anti-hazing legislation in 2021 that requires colleges to create an educational program on hazing that students can complete during orientation. Before the pandemic, orientation leaders typically held leadership positions in high school, as a club president, for example, Brister says.

Leadership 138

Leadership Cultures Tradition High School 138

ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

On March 16, 2021, a 21-year-old white man went on a targeted shooting rampage across Atlanta, driving 30 miles to three massage businesses and killing eight people, the majority of whom were Asian women. A vigil attendee honored the victims of the anti-Asian spa shootings in Atlanta by remembering their names on March 21, 2021.

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K-12 Ancestry Education Geography 144

ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2023

Our recent analysis of teacher representation in edtech leadership revealed that former educators held a variety of top roles in the companies we sampled, heading teams that handled pedagogy, curriculum, product, marketing and sales. When Robbins left education in March 2021, it was for a client success specialist job at an edtech company.

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EdTech Pedagogy Professional Development Educational Technology 117

ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2023

In 2021, while teaching sixth grade humanities, I united my love of writing and teaching and penned a memoir about my experiences teaching. Despite my hesitance, I recently took on a leadership role at my school for a few reasons. Because of them, I fought hard to merge my passions with teaching over the years. I wanted to grow.

Teaching 145

Teaching Humanities Lesson Plan Middle School 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

A Tech Exchange employee works in the nonprofit’s warehouse in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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High School K-12 Public School Library 121

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2023

Predominantly white legislatures in at least 35 states in 2021 began pursuing policies or laws that would restrict teaching about race and racism. Atnre Alleyne is the co-founder and CEO of TeenSHARP, an organization that prepares students of color for top colleges and leadership. The impact is as transformational as some fear.

History 116

History American History Social Justice Leadership 116

ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2022

Fourteen years after its founding and with a misinformation landscape many magnitudes more dire than anyone could’ve predicted, the News Literacy Project will herald in a new CEO this summer, marking a transition in leadership but not a change in direction for the education-focused nonprofit. 6, 2021, chief among them.

Education 107

Education Leadership Cultures History 107

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2021

As districts address unfinished learning, evaluate student growth, and re-engage school communities during the 2021-2022 school year, data equity can highlight where support is needed and help schools better support students’ experiences and needs.

Public School 163

Public School Social Studies Leadership Research 163

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

“SEL has been happening in schools since before there was ever the term ‘SEL,’ said Jim Vetter, an SEL subject matter expert at the Education Development Center who serves on the leadership team for SEL4US. This is not a new thing. It’s really a central part of education,” he said. These findings ring true to Buchanan-Rivera.

Leadership 110

Leadership Humanities Cultures Teaching 110

ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2022

A poll of 27 teachers at a keynote event in 2021; courtesy of Stephanie Malia Krauss.A If schools do not get the time and resources needed to recover, they may be unable to endure the next viral variant, culture war or economic disaster. The school has a culture of inclusiveness and belonging. This summer, responses shifted.

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Middle School Cultures Leadership Economics 104

Edthena

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

This edition of noted and notable content for educators includes resources all about building and maintaining a culture of collective efficacy, student empathy, and teacher sustainability. Here are 3 actions that help cultivate a culture of collective efficacy. Read more at ASCD: Three Actions for Building a Culture of Collective Ef?cacy.

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Cultures Leadership Teaching Humanities 52

Edthena

MAY 13, 2022

2021, Assistant Principal Justin Taylor presented about 5 key learnings that emerged from the process of video coaching and video-based professional learning. To learn more about video coaching best practices from Edthena partners, check out this blog post about Keller ISD’s teacher leadership pathway.

Public School 98

Public School Library Leadership Cultures 98

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Parachuting In, Unprepared for Duty During the first quarter of the 2020-2021 academic year, I needed to make my first-ever parent call. This begs an important question: When schools know that they’re on the receiving end of that supply, what need is there for meaningful, lasting change to the school’s culture or approach?

Teaching 107

Teaching Social Justice Pedagogy Cultures 107

Political Science Now

JULY 11, 2024

Her research agenda focuses on political science pedagogy, campus-based civic engagement, and pop culture & politics. She is the recipient of the Barbara Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement (American Democracy Project, June 2024) and the Stand Out Faculty Award (ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, November 2019).

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Civic Engagement Teaching Civics Political Science 68

Edthena

MAY 18, 2021

It’s no wonder that Tasha was also selected to be in a teacher leadership program where she is a mentor to other teachers in the building. In her role as a member of the district’s curriculum development team, Alicia ensures that culturally responsive literature and topics of social justice are represented. Daniel Miller.

Social Justice 52

Social Justice Archiving Public School Project-Based Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2024

Nicholas Scotti was elected in 2021, at age 19, to the Nutley Board of Education in New Jersey. She is a high school senior running on a platform of reimagining how school districts can tackle the climate crisis and create an inclusive culture for all students, staff and parents.

Elementary School 141

Elementary School Government High School Public School 141

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

With the pandemic raging in Los Angeles, the 2021 Grammys have been postponed until March 14. We [Oberlin Conservatory leadership and faculty] did not enter the pandemic with the goal of attempting to replicate pre-pandemic norms,” Quillen said. Cultural and social relevance. million viewers.

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Archiving K-12 Leadership High School 104

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

For the purpose of standardized tests, this principle serves as a reminder that efforts around assessment are not separate from the necessary work of culturally responsive teaching , equity, trauma-informed practices , and research-based pedagogy. First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America’s First Black Public High School. Chicago Review.

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Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Library Research 244

ED Surge

MAY 23, 2022

In northern Virginia, she watched her parents navigate language barriers, cultural differences and caregiving responsibilities as best they could, sometimes stepping up to serve as the translator herself. A Time of Transition And then in spring 2021, NAEYC’s CEO of nearly a decade announced she would be stepping down in the coming year.

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K-12 Advocacy Leadership Professional Development 104

ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

We found that the combined effect of tutors' knowledge of both reading development and culturally responsive pedagogy was significantly correlated with students' reading development,” Sodani shared in an email. Department of Labor in 2021 to designate education as an eligible sector.

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Tutoring K-12 Education Pedagogy 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2023

College wasn’t a part of their culture, and before last year Rafael and Margarita had no idea how complicated and competitive the landscape would be for their bright, hardworking daughters. percent in 2021. Of all U.S. racial or ethnic groups, Hispanic Americans are the least likely to hold a college degree. percent in 2017 to 9.2

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High School Leadership History Psychology 136

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

It was the fall of 2021. In the semester-long course, volunteers from employer partners coach and mentor a small cohort of students on career skills, including leadership, problem-solving and communication. The experience “changed my life,” she said, opening her eyes to new career possibilities as well as a new culture.

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Government Tradition Professional Development Critical Thinking 138

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Adopting a theme like sustainability, the arts, or math and science can cement a middle school’s culture, give coherence to its curricula, and boost student engagement at a time when many students are losing interest in school. Several STEM-themed schools weren’t even meeting that low bar.

Middle School 138

Middle School High School Private School Public School 138

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

Last summer’s racial justice protests jarred the district’s leaders, as did the results of a May survey in which one-fifth of responding students said that they had personally experienced discrimination or unequal treatment at school based on their ethnicity or culture. Applicants must have taken the SATs, but there are no minimum scores.

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Middle School High School Elementary School Public School 129

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2024

Border Patrol more than quadrupling in 2021. it’s up to each state if schools get any support at all,” said Jill Koyama, vice dean of educational leadership and innovation at Arizona State University’s teachers college. Mexico border by U.S. Without action in D.C.,

K-12 119

K-12 Public School High School Teaching 119

ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2022

Some colleagues announced that they did not intend on returning to the 2021-22 school year. Our world seems so siloed from other professional settings, with specific language, practices and culture. Like many teachers, I felt exhausted and pushed past my limit trying to hold together under-resourced schools.

EdTech 98

EdTech Teaching K-12 Cultures 98

ED Surge

AUGUST 30, 2023

Price Middle School (LJPMS) families after the city of Atlanta condemned property in the Forest Cove neighborhood in 2021. Teachers began building lessons centered on identity formation, and soon after, students began to embrace their identity and individuality which transformed our classroom and community culture.

Community Engagement 98

Community Engagement Advocacy Middle School Cultures 98

Education Elements

JULY 19, 2021

A recent survey of more than 1,000 districts found that nearly two-thirds of districts are reporting teacher shortages heading into the 2021-2022 school year. To plug or refill leaks in this draining teacher pool, districts are increasingly leveraging stimulus funding to enact short-term solutions such as incentives and signing bonuses.

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Cultures Leadership 88

ED Surge

JULY 24, 2023

percent of American school teachers, according to a widely cited federal survey of the 2020-2021 school year. Du Bois, the need to prove that Black people are capable of the heights of cultural excellence was a large part of the reason for the focus on education. Why are there so few Black men in the teaching profession?

K-12 19

K-12 Classroom Management Economics History 19

Zinn Education Project

MAY 9, 2024

What’s so critically important and valuable about what they did is that they not just created this parallel, truly independent political party at the county level, determined to seize control of the mechanisms of local power, but they infused in it this democratic culture of political organizing. We’re done with that. But what do we see?

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K-12 Cultures History Tradition 52

Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

Murray, Weber State University (Presenter) Allison Rank, SUNY, Oswego State Session Description: Democratic erosion in the United States—rendered vivid in the events of January 6, 2021—as well as the global decline of democratic regimes should push us to reflect on how we introduce politics to students.

Political Science 55

Political Science Civics Civic Engagement K-12 55

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2023

Those threats have only increased since last year as schools have become a focal point of the culture wars, contributing to challenges the teaching profession has long faced in recruiting and retaining teachers from underrepresented backgrounds. The post The culture wars are driving teachers from the classroom.

Cultures 144

Cultures High School Leadership Teaching 144

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Black teachers were more than twice as likely as other teachers in the winter of 2021 to say they planned to leave their jobs at the end of the 2020-21 school year, according to a report released by the RAND Corporation. One of Talbott’s daughters graduated from Lusher in 2021; the other still attends the high school.

Leadership 145

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

Sapiens

JUNE 25, 2024

The mission of the Teaching Circle, envisioned by Lac Seul First Nation co-author George Kenny, is to articulate a worldview held by Indigenous cultural Insiders. ASKING “THE GODDAMN INDIAN” In March 2021, I (co-author Alicia) met with George and his son, Mike, over Zoom. 3 in 1874 with the Canadian government.

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History Cultures Archaeology Tradition 136